Truss.



PATENTED' JAN. 2.9, 190

J. SAULT.

TRUSS.

APPLICATION rum) 0019, 1906.

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JOHN SAULT, OF QUEENSBURY, NEW YORK.

TRUSS.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known'that I, JOHN SAULT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Queensbury,

in the county of Warren and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Truss, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to hernial trusses; and it consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shownand described.

The object of the invention is to provide a truss with a flexible pad inorder that the pad may not interfere with stooping'or bending of thebody of the patient. The lower portion of the pad is provided with a'vertically-disposed depression or channel which is open along its entirelength and is adapted to receive the breeching of the truss and retainthe same against lateral displacement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thetruss, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the pad.

The truss comprises the waistband or belt 1, to which is attached thebreeching 2 in the usual manner. The pad 3. is made'in sections hingedtogether at 4 and arranged to swing outward at their upper and" lowerends. Each section of the pad consists of a block 5, and to eachblock isfixed one of the members of the hinge-4. The flexible elastic material6, such as rubber cloth, is attached to the inner side of the blocks 5 5and eX-- tends over the meeting edges thereof and has a tendency tomaintain the said block in vertical alinement with each .other. Thelower outer end of the lower block 5 is provided with avertically-disposed channel or groove 7, which is open along its entirelength and is adapted to retain the breeching 2 against lateraldisplacement. Thus the pad is devoid of loops through which thebreeching must be passed and the wearer is relieved of suchtediousoperation in applying the truss.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1906. Serial No. 338,179.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

From the foregoing description it is obthe body ofthe patient and thepad 3 is in contact with the hernia that the patient may assume stoopingor bending postures without causing the ends of the pad to irritate thehernia, as the blocks 5 5 will swing upon the hinge 4, and thus afford aflexible supporting means for the hernia. As soon as the patient assumesan erect position the elastic cloth 6 will draw the parts into theirnormal position.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a hernia-truss, a pad comprising sec tions hinged together andfree to swing with relation to each other in the opposite direction totheir bearing-surfaces and means for holding the sections intheir-normal relative positions.

2. In a hernia-truss, a pad composed of sections hinged together andfree to swing with relation to each other in the opposite JOHN SAULT.

Witnesses:

CUTLER J. DE LONG, H. PRIOR KING.

direction to their bearing-surfaces and an vious that when the truss isin position upon

